Goalkeeper Mycael skips the line and should be a new sensation on the market

The young man Mycael promises to be one of the players of Athletico hottest on the transfer market. At 20 years old, the goalkeeper broke the club’s hierarchy by taking advantage of Léo Linck’s mistakes to take over the red-black goal.

He has made 16 appearances in a row, 19 in total this season, and with important saves. The most spectacular performance was at the beginning of the series, when he gained national attention in the game against Palmeiras. With more than five important interventions, Mycael avoided a historic defeat and secured a 2-0 defeat.

However, the goalkeeper had already shone before. Mycael was the savior in the goalless draw against Criciúma, which culminated in the dismissal of coach Martín Varini. Last Sunday (24), he was once again the protagonist in the 1-1 with Bahia, at Arena Fonte Nova, with at least three difficult saves.

Record holder in the Brazilian team, Mycael surpasses Athletico’s hierarchy

With 49 call-ups to the Brazilian national team, the young man is the record holder for the number of call-ups in the Brazilian national team’s youth categories. The athlete born in Rondônia has 49 caps and was highlighted in the South American under-20 and Pan-American titles, both in 2023.

Furthermore, Mycael already has a call-up to the main Brazilian team on his resume, after being called up by the then coach, Ramon Menezes, for a friendly against Morocco. However, he never took the field.

The baggage gave Mycael the leverage to overcome the Athletico hierarchy. The club is recognized for revealing and developing great goalkeepers.

This was the case of Weverton, a starter at Palmeiras since 2018, Santos, who was champion of the South American and Copa do Brasil with Furacão before being sold to Flamengo, and Bento, who is Cristiano Ronaldo’s teammate at Al Nassr, in Saudi Arabia. Saudi.

All these names were on the bench for at least two seasons before he took over the starting team. That was the case with Léo Linck, but a series of errors took him out of line and allowed Mycael to advance the maturation period.

Athletico’s appreciation in the sale of Bento

According to the website TransfermartkMycael has an estimated value of 1.5 million euros. However, the value is expected to increase more and more.

It is also worth remembering that Athletico is a great negotiator. Not surprisingly, Furacão surpassed the record in the sale of Bento. The deal was completed for 18 million euros (around R$107 million), the biggest sale in the history of a Brazilian football goalkeeper.

However, Furacão even denied a 15 million euro proposal from Inter Milan, who preferred to invest the money in Spaniard Josep Martínez. Before that, Benfica also had two offers rejected by the club from Paraná.

Until then, the position was occupied by goalkeeper Alisson, traded by Internacional with Roma for 5 million euros – around R$21 million in 2016.